rs10282983 resides in an intron of C8orf34, which has been associated with waist-to-hip ratio (Kichaev et al., 2019; Pulit et al., 2019) and heel bone mineral density (Kichaev et al., 2019), both risk factors for osteoarthritis (Hardcastle et al., 2015; Lohmander et al., 2009). This evidence concerns the gene C8orf34 and osteoarthritis.